• September 18 2023
  UK energy

  We’re back to a Big Six energy market. So now what?

  A decade of reform has left the UK with a power system in danger of failing on competition, innovation and fairness

  
• September 13 2023
  Electric vehicles

  The EV car crash is a warning for Europe’s industrial transition

  China is so far ahead in the electric vehicles market that its competitors are trailing in the dust

  
• September 11 2023
  Retail & Consumer industry

  The supermarkets’ next big product is your data

  Personalised online and in-store advertising could prove very profitable for retail chains

  
• September 6 2023
  UK local government finance

  Local government audit is a serious mess

  Birmingham city council’s bankruptcy highlights the worrying state of local government finances

  
• September 4 2023
  Equities

  Why is the London Stock Exchange muscling in on the private equity world?

  The market wants to give founders, investors and employees in private companies a way to sell their shares

  
• July 31 2023
  UK economy

  These superfund zombies won’t take over the pensions market

  For-profit superfunds raise concerns about regulatory arbitrage but the need for them is much reduced after market changes

  
• July 26 2023
  Construction sector

  M&S has a point: blocking redevelopment on Oxford Street is anti-business

  In absence of proper policy, decision looks arbitrary and confusing

  
• July 24 2023
  UK financial regulation

  The cost of living crisis is no reason to buy now, regulate later

  BNPL can be useful but it should be monitored alongside other forms of consumer credit

  
• July 18 2023
  Working It podcast19 min listen

  Why are sexual harassment and assault still happening at work?

  Sexual harassment and assault remain far too common

  
• July 18 2023
  Mergers & Acquisitions

  Global antitrust needs police as well as guard dogs

  The recent Federal Trade Commission defeat on Microsoft-Activision is a blow for those wanting to reverse decades of lax enforcement

  
• July 17 2023
  Telecoms

  Why Vodafone’s megamerger could have a 3.9% problem

  Many mobile companies add an identical surcharge to bills, attracting the attention of regulators

  
• July 12 2023
  Pensions industry

  The future of UK pensions: delayed and confused

  Flurry of consultations does not inspire confidence in chancellor’s promised clear ‘direction of travel’

  
• July 10 2023
  UK banks

  Forget Farage: who will fight for the genuine unbanked millions?

  The barriers to bank accounts deserve attention, no matter who is affected in society

  
• July 5 2023
  Financial services

  Let’s kill off the City’s old-fashioned paper fetish once and for all

  Digitisation of the UK’s shareholding system has been blocked by vested interests for decades

  
• July 3 2023
  Utilities

  Water has a private equity, not a private ownership, issue

  The listed groups are less geared and have made a better start at tackling problems with ailing infrastructure

  
• June 28 2023
  UK banks

  So much for UK savers and homeowners — what about the have-neithers?

  Research suggests 3mn people have borrowed from an illegal money lender over the past three years

  
• June 26 2023
  Mortgages

  The UK mortgage market may need an overhaul, not handouts

  There need to be longer-term questions about the peculiarities of housing borrowing in Britain

  
• June 21 2023
  Food security

  Murky world of global food trading is too important to ignore

  Dominance by a handful of companies over the flows of grain and other commodities deserves much more scrutiny

  
• June 19 2023
  UK economy

  Meddling with regulators’ duties is an unfortunate UK failing

  Watchdogs are burdened with new social policy obligations, with mixed results

  
• June 13 2023
  Sexual misconduct allegations

  When it comes to harassment, the City must stop protecting its wallet

  Banks and asset managers were quick to sever relationships with Crispin Odey after the FT’s investigation

  
• June 12 2023
  Confederation of British Industry

  The CBI may need to break up to survive

  A ‘good lobby/bad lobby’ proposal shows the challenges facing the group as it attempts to rebuild

  
• June 7 2023
  Climate change

  Don’t let America’s ‘war on woke’ kill off climate collaboration

  The disintegration of the insurance sector alliance under Gfanz emphasises such coalitions will need to adapt

  
• June 1 2023
  Philip Morris International Inc

  PMI should forget wellness and focus on smokers who want to quit

  The tobacco company can justifiably claim expertise in developing alternative products that smokers will actually try

  
• June 1 2023
  Pharmaceuticals sector

  Ailing UK life sciences sector will need further treatment

  Policy prescriptions are plentiful but momentum and money behind them is lacking

  
• May 25 2023
  Corporate governance

  Business should stop griping about ‘comply or explain’

  The UK’s trademark self regulatory approach to governance has been aped around the world